bosses (around)

verb

present tense third-person singular of boss (around)
as in orders
to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority that regional manager certainly likes to boss people around

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bosses (around)
  1. orders
  2. instructs
  3. tells
  4. commands
Verb
  • White House orders review of wolf protections The local concerns come as the federal government is reconsidering protections for wolves nationwide.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Sampson orders Springfield, his security man, to find that same chemist Reacher is seeking and thus to find Reacher.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of orders
Verb
  • Epic says the site instructs Windows users to press the Windows key and R, paste content from the clipboard and press Enter.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • The judge instructs the jury to go back and deliberate further.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of instructs
Verb
  • What Alexa tells you after checking a message The answer depends on what Amazon finds.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Today, Jayson Stark tells us that Judge is simply different from everybody else.
    — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of tells
Verb
  • Going any higher in the range, into Z06 and ZR1 territory, commands bravery and many, many more dollars.
    — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Nuclear power currently commands more political attention, more corporate investment and more technological hype than at any point in at least three decades.
    — Interesting Engineering, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of commands
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